Abstract: The present invention provides the compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently the same as or different from each other; when R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same, each is a substituted or unsubstituted arylamino, cycloalkylamino, pyridineamino, piperidino, 9-purine-6-amine, or thiozoleamino group; when R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are different, R.sub.1 =R.sub.3 --N--R.sub.4, wherein each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently the same as or different from each other and are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, or pyridine group, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 bond together to form a piperidine group and R.sub.2 is a hydroxylamino, hydroxyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino or alkyloxy group; and n is an integer from about 4 to about 8.

Abstract: This invention is directed to producing highly concentrated solutions of methylenebisacrylamide and thereafter blending with ionogenous acrylic monomers to produce low porosity, highly crosslinked, water insoluble polymers.

Abstract: Oxadimethacrylics useful for preparing pollers have the general formula ICH.sub.2 .dbd.C(A)CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 C(B).dbd.CH.sub.2 Iwhere A and B are selected from the group consisting of --COOR.sup.1, --COR.sup.1, --CONR.sup.2 R.sup.3 and --CN with the proviso that A.noteq.B, and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each defined as follows:R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, wherein the cycloalkyl rings may be C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl- or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-monosubstituted, -disubstituted or -trisubstituted, hydroxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, amino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, N-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylamino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, N,N-di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl)amino-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, wherein the aryl groups may carry up to three of the following groups: halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.22 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, carboxyl, C.sub.1 -C.

Abstract: A process for the stabilization of an aqueous acrylamide solution is described which includes adding at least one compound selected from water-soluble monocarboxylic acid salts having at least two carbon atoms to an aqueous solution of acrylamide in an amount of from 20 to 5,000 ppm as acid per acrylamide. According to the present invention, a high purity aqueous acrylamide solution which is markedly stable, even under an iron surface-contacting condition, without causing problems such as the polymerization of acrylamide can be provided by adding a water-soluble monocarboxylic acid salt having at least two carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present application discloses pesticidally active compounds of formula I:QQ.sup.1 CR.sup.1 .dbd.CR.sup.2 CR.sup.3 .dbd.CR.sup.4 C(.dbd.X.sup.1)NR.sup.5 R.sup.6or a salt thereof, wherein Q is an monocyclic aromatic ring, or Q is a dihalovinyl group or a group R.sup.7 --C.dbd.C-- where R.sup.7 is C.sub.1-4 alkyl, tri C.sub.1-4 alkylsilyl, halogen or hydrogen; Q.sup.1 is a 1,2-cyclopropyl ring optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from C.sub.1-3 alkyl, halo, C.sub.1-3 haloalkyl, alkynyl, or cyano; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different with at least one being hydrogen and the others being independently selected from hydrogen, halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.1-4 haloalkyl; X.sup.1 is oxygen or sulphur; R.sup.5 is C.sub.1-8 hydrocarbyl optionally substituted, halo, cyano, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethylthio or C.sub.1-6 alkoxy; and R.sup.6 is selected from:(A) --Y.dbd.X.sup.2 --(R.sup.8).sub.a where X.sup.2 is O or S, Y is carbon, R.sup.8 is hydrogen, C.sub.

Abstract: A composition of an N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylamide of the following formula (II), which has an improved storageability and which contains an N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine of the following formula (I) in an amount of from 10 to 10,000 ppm: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently represent an alkyl group having ##STR2## where R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each independently represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; andn represents an integer of from 2 to 4.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for making substantially solvent free quaternary ammonium compounds using fatty acids, amines and quaternizing agents without side reactions that would produce esters of fatty acids. A relatively small amount of a water-alcohol solvent is used in the quaternizing reaction after which a fatty acid is added and the solvent removed by sparging and/or vacuum.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of aqueous solutions of unsaturated quaternary ammonium salts corresponding to the following formula:H.sub.2 C=C(R.sub.3)--C(O)--A--R.sub.4 --N.sup.+ (R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R)X.sup.

Abstract: Fluorinated arachidonic derivatives are 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors which have the useful pharmacologic activity as antiallergy and anti-inflammatory agents and are useful for treating, for example, asthma, anaphylaxis, allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis and cardiovascular diseases.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for making substantially solvent free quaternary ammonium compounds using fatty acids, amines and quaternizing agents without side reactions that would produce esters of fatty acids. A relatively small amount of a water-alcohol solvent is used in the quaternizing reaction after which a fatty acid is added and the solvent removed by sparging and/or vacuum.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a mixture of a quaternary ammonium compound, fatty acid, fatty acid ester and tertiary amine salt in situ which is a highly functional mixture that is manufactured in a single step reaction whereby quaternization is completed without the aid of solvents, especially flammable solvents. The single step reaction process eliminates separate blending of individual components. The compositions obtained can be used as fabric softeners, in modified clays, as hair treating compounds and as disinfectants.

Abstract: A method for producing N-methylolacrylamide which comprises reacting acrylamide with formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde in an aqueous solvent in the presence of (A) a basic compound and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a salt of Mo-containing acid and a salt of W-containing acid, or (B) a quaternary ammonium hydroxide compound, is provided by the present invention. According to the method of the present invention, N-methylolacrylamide having few by-products is obtained in high yields.

Abstract: Fluorinated arachidonic derivatives are 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors which have the useful pharmacologic activity as antiallergy and anti-imflammatory agents and are useful for treating, for example, asthma, anaphylaxis, allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for chlorinating, brominating and/or iodinating an organic substrate containing both a single acidic hydrogen atom and at least one electron withdrawing group attached to the same carbon atom. The process replaces the single acidic hydrogen with chlorine, bromine and/or iodine and involves reacting the substrate in solution with a halogenating agent (e.g., a perhalomethane wherein the halogen substituents are I, Br and/or Cl, a trihaloacetic acid ester wherein the halogen substituents are Br and/or Cl, or a perfluoroalkyl halide wherein the halide is I, Br and/or Cl) in the presence of (i) a phase transfer catalyst of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 LJ where L is selected from the group consisting of phosphorus and nitrogen, where J is an inorganic anion other than fluoride, and where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for chlorinating, brominating and/or iodinating an organic substrate containing both a single acidic hydrogen atom and at least one electron withdrawing group attached to the same carbon atom. The process replaces the single acidic hydrogen with chlorine, bromine and/or iodine and involves reacting the substrate in solution with a halogenating agent (e.g., a perhalomethane wherein the halogen substituents are I, Br and/or Cl, a trihaloacetic acid ester wherein the halogen substituents are Br and/or Cl, or a perfluoroalkyl halide wherein the halide is I, Br and/or Cl) in the presence of a quaternary ammonium fluoride catalyst of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 R.sup.4 NF where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently chosen from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl radicals containing from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Amphiphilic monomers with mixed-chain structures of the formula ##STR1## in which Y denotes --O-- or --NH--X denotes a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- or --(CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2).sub.n --l denotes an integer from 0 to 10,n denotes an integer from 1 to 10,R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, methyl, chlorine, cyano, fluorine or bromine,R.sup.2 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 -fluoroalkyl andR.sup.3 denotes C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -fluoralkyl, with the proviso that the groups R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 contain a different number of carbon atoms. The monomers are polymerized on their own or together with other comonomers. The polymers obtained are suitable for the preparation of ultra-thin layers on a suitable layer support.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method which comprises introducing into a reaction zone a feed which comprises a hydroxyl compound reactant, R"OH at least one amide reactant selected from R--CONH.sub.2 and R--CONHR', and a Lewis base as catalyst, thereby reacting R"OH with said amide reactant to produce a reaction mixture containing at least one disubstituted amide selected from R--CONR".sub.2 and R--CONR'R", whereineach of R, R' and R" contains no acetylenic unsaturation and 1 to 30 carbon atoms;each of R, R' and R" is selected from a hydrocarbyl groups and a hydrocarbyl group that is substituted with a group selected from carbamoyl, hydrocarbylcarbamoyl, dihydrocarbylcarbamoyl, and hydroxyl.

Abstract: A novel fluorine-containing acrylic acid derivative of the invention is represented by the formula:(CH.sub.2 .dbd.CF--CO).sub.p --A (I)wherein A is a residue derived from an organic compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms derived by removing at least two active hydrogen atoms, and p is an integer corresponding to the valency of the residue A, which is easily cured.

Abstract: Carbodiimide compounds having the following structural formula are claimed: ##STR1## Z being selected from the group consisting of the following moieties: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkylidene radical;R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or an alkyl radical;R.sub.3 represents an alkyl radical, an aromatic hydrocarbon moiety or a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon moiety or substituted derivatives thereof;R.sub.4 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon moiety;R.sub.5 represents an alkyl radical; andx is an integer ranging from 1 to 6.Polymers containing moieties of at least two such carbodiimide compounds depending therefrom are also claimed and are useful in the formulation of coating compositions which harden or cure at low temperatures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method which comprises the reaction in a reaction zone of a nitrile, RCN, with a hydroxyl compound, R'OH, in the presence of water introduced into the reaction zone in the amount of more than 0.15 mole and up to 10 moles, per mole of RCN introduced to the reaction zone, thereby producing a reaction mixture containing at least one amide selected from R--CONHR' and R--CON(R').sub.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method which comprises the reaction in a reaction zone of a nitrile, RCN, with a hydroxyl compound, R'OH, in the presence of an inorganic catalyst introduced into the reaction zone, thereby producing a reaction mixture containing at least one amide selected from R--CONHR' and R--CON(R').sub.2, whereineach of R and R' contains no acetylenic unsaturation and 1 to 30 carbon atoms,each of R and R' is independently selected from a hydrocarbyl group and a hydrocarbyl group that is substituted with a group selected from cyano, carbamoyl, hydrocarbylcarbamoyl, dihydrocarbylcarbamoyl, and hydroxyl,wherein said inorganic catalyst is selected from phosphates and sulfates of Be, Ng, Al and B, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, cinnamoyl, thiophene, furan, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole oxazole or thiazole; W is hydrogen or hydroxy; (Y).sub.A is positioned ortho to W and is an aminoloweralkyl having the formula --CH.sub.2 NR.sub.2 R.sub.3 where R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and may be lower alkyl or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may together with N form a pyrrolidine, piperidine or azepine ring, and A is 2; n and m are independently from 0 to 5; and R is straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, straight or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl, straight or branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl or straight or branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkynyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.These compounds are useful in the treatment of various cardiac arrhythmias.

Abstract: A fluorogenic substrate for tryptophanase useful for identifying an unknown microorganism is a fluorescent dye linked to an amino acid by a carbamate or thiocarbamate group. In preferred substrates, the dye is fluorescein or 7-amino-4-methyl coumarin and the amino acid linked thereto is cysteine, threonine or serine.

Abstract: New composition of monomers and polymers and their methods of use are disclosed. The polymers are water soluble and are composed of repeat units formed from an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and repeat units formed from substituted allyloxy alkylenes.

Abstract: A process for preparing a perfluoroalkyl-substituted compound is disclosed. The process comprises reacting a halopolyfluoroalkane having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with a compound selected from the group consisting of (1) a substituted or unsubstituted ethylene, (2) a substituted or unsubstituted acetylene and (3) a substituted or unsubstituted allylsilane, in the presence of a metal-carbonyl complex of the metal of the Group VIII of the Periodic Table. Alternatively, the reaction between the halopolyfluoroalkane and the substituted or unsubstituted allylsilane is effected under radical generating condition.

Abstract: Novel 2-[(meth)acrylamidomethyl]-1,3-diketones have the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or methyl,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or unsubstituted or substituted aryl of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being identical to or different from each other.

Abstract: Compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an aromatic or aliphatic group; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or phenyl; X is halogen; and Y is halogen or an aromatic group; are prepared in a regioselective manner by treating a compound having the formula ##STR2## with a catalytic amount of a palladium(O) or a palladium(II) transition metal catalyst.

Abstract: Novel 2-[(meth)acrylamidomethyl]-1,3-diketones have the general formula (I) ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or methyl,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or unsubstituted or substituted aryl of from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 being identical to or different from each other.

Abstract: Branched alkylhydroxycycloalkyl methacrylate monomers, such as t-butylhydroxycyclohexyl methacrylate, are polymerized with hydrophilic monomers and crosslinking agents to produce compositions for shaped biomedical devices, including soft contact lenses. Such copolymers have high oxygen permeability and good mechanical properties.

Abstract: Perfluorinated acid ion-exchange resins are highly effective catalysts for the isomerization of 3-pentenoic compounds to 4-pentenoic compounds, especially if the catalysts contain a group 8 metal in an oxidation state of at least +2.

Abstract: Novel N-alkenoyl enamide of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl,R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or halogen, andR.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently of the other C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanolyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxycarbonyl, benzoyl, phenyl, cyano or carbamoyl, and R.sub.4 can also be hydrogen,are used for photocrosslinkable compositions suitable for use in photographic solutions, as UV absorbers and as textile finishing agents.

Abstract: Disclosed is a diacetylene compound comprising, as structural units, (a) at least one member selected from diacetylene group-containing organic groups of the formulae (I) and (II):R.sup.I --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--R.sup.II -- (I)and--R.sup.III --C.tbd.C--C.tbd.C--R.sup.IV -- (II)wherein R.sup.I is hydrogen or a (C1-16) monovalent organic group, and R.sup.II, R.sup.III and R.sup.IV are a (C1-13) divalent organic group, (b) at least one organic group having at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and (c) at least one connecting group connecting the units (a) and (b), which connecting group is selected from amide, imide, ester, ether, amino, imino, urethane, sulfonyl and carbonyl bonds. A cured shaped article made of this compound exhibits isotropically a high elastic modulus and has excellent mechanical properties.

Abstract: When making an amide by hydrolysis of a nitrile in an aqueous medium containing a Raney copper or other black copper catalyst, the hydrolysis reaction can be improved if the catalyst has been contacted with an aqueous solution of a water soluble vanadium compound followed by thorough rinsing before introduction into the aqueous medium.

Abstract: A novel fluorine-containing acrylic acid derivative of the invention is represented by the formula:(CH.sub.2 .dbd.CF--CO).sub.p--A (I)wherein A is a residue derived from an organic compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms derived by removing at least two active hydrogen atoms, and p is an integer corresponding to the valency of the residue A, which is easily cured.

Abstract: The invention involves the formation of a prodrug from a fatty acid carrier and a neuroactive drug. The prodrug is stable in the environment of both the stomach and the bloodstream and may be delivered by ingestion. The prodrug passes readily through the blood brain barrier. Once in the central nervous system, the prodrug is hydrolyzed into the fatty acid carrier and the drug to release the drug.In a preferred embodiment, the carrier is 4,7,10,13,16,19 docosahexa-enoic acid and the drug is dopamine. Both are normal components of the central nervous system. The covalent bond between the drug and the carrier preferably is an amide bond, which bond may survive the conditions in the stomach. Thus, the prodrug may be ingested and will not be hydrolyzed completely into the carrier molecule and drug molecule in the stomach.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of 3,3-diaryl acrylic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## in which A, B and Q are as defined in the specification, characterized by condensing a compound of formula ##STR2## with a compound of formulaZCH.sub.2 --CO--Q (III)in which Z represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, and, if an intermediate compound is formed of formula ##STR3## dehydrating the intermediate compound.

Abstract: The invention involves the formation of a prodrug from a fatty acid carrier and a neuroactive drug. The prodrug is stable in the environment of both the stomach and the bloodstream and may be delivered by ingestion. The prodrug passes readily through the blood brain barrier. Once in the central nervous system, the prodrug is hydrolyzed into the fatty acid carrier and the drug to release the drug.In a preferred embodiment, the carrier is 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 docosahexa-enoic acid and the drug is dopamine. Both are normal components of the central nervous system. The covalent bond between the drug and the carrier preferably is an amide bond, which bond may survive the conditions in the stomach. Thus, the prodrug may be digested and will not be hydrolyzed completely into the carrier molecule and drug molecule in the stomach.

Abstract: In the chromatographic separation of a mixture of antipodes of optically active chemicals by passing a solution of such mixture over an optically active adsorbent to effect adsorption, and then eluting the adsorbed material, the improvement which comprises employing as the adsorbent particles of an optically active and cross-linked polymer containing the repeating structural unit ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or methyl, andR.sup.2 represents one of the stereoisomers of the eight possible stereoisomeric forms of each of the optically active radicals of the formulae ##STR2## Improved separation results. The pure monomers are also new.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel processes and intermediates for the preparation of 5-amino-4-hydroxyvaleric acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower alkyl or the radical of a natural amino acid, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-lower alkyl, aryl, aryl-lower alkyl, amino, hydroxy, mercapto, sulphinyl, sulphonyl or the radical of a natural amino acid, and R.sup.3 represents optionally substituted hydroxy or amino, by sigmatropic rearrangement of a suitable allyl ester, halolactonisation of the resulting .gamma.,.delta.-unsaturated acid or of a suitable derivative thereof, exchange of halogen for a nitrogen-containing nucleophile, opening of the lactone ring and freeing of the amino group. Compounds of the formula I are starting materials for the preparation of renin-inhibitors which have an anti-hypertensive action.

Abstract: A motor fuel composition which inhibits engine ORI comprises a mixture of hydrocarbons boiling in the range of 90.degree. F.-450.degree. F. and the reaction product of one or more substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic carboxylic acids, including acyl-containing aliphatic carboxylic acids, and a polyoxyalkylene diamine.

Abstract: The process involves the cofeeding of an acrylonitrile with an appropriate alcohol or its equivalent and a strong acid to form an acrylamide which is thiolated to form a mercapto-propionamide which is halogenated to afford the desired biocidally active isothiazolones. This invention relates to a novel process for preparing N-substituted 3-mercaptopropionamides, an intermediate in the preparation of isothiazolones.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an N-dialkylaminoalkyl(meth)acrylamide of formula: ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 is a methyl radical or a hydrogen atom,R.sub.2 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group containing at most 10 carbon atomsR.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which are identical or different, may be:either two aliphatic alkyl groups containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms,or R.sub.3 is an aliphatic alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sub.4 is an alicyclic group containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms,or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are two alicyclic groups containing from 5 to 6 carbon atoms,or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 form, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are chemically linked, a heterocycloaliphatic group.This process is characterized in that a (meth)acrylic anhydride of formula: ##STR2## is reacted with a diamine of formula: ##STR3## in the presence of a polymerization inhibitor.

Abstract: The specification describes and claims methods of controlling acarine pests by application of a compound of Formula (I), methods of controlling arthropod pests by application of a compound of Formula (IA), compounds of Formula (IA) per se, pesticidal compositions comprising a compound of Formula (IA), and processes for preparing a compound of Formula (IA).

Abstract: This disclosure describes certain substituted piperazine-1,4-naphthalenediones useful as anti-asthmatic agents.

Abstract: Compounds of formula ##STR1## in which n denotes an integer from 1 to 10 and X and Y, which are identical or different, each denote an electron-attracting group, are made by reacting a halogenating agent with a compound of formula ##STR2## in which R, X and Y are as hereinbefore defined, anionized by a base.

Abstract: A novel polyprenyl compound such as a polyprenyl carboxylic acid amide is disclosed. It has antithrombic and antiplatelet aggregation activity.

Abstract: Synthetically produced substantially pure biologically active compounds having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkylcycloalkenyl, or cycloalkenylalkyl;R.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl or an amide-substituted alkyl having up to 10 carbon atoms;R.sub.3 is a cyclic, straight or branched chain hydrocarbon group having 2-12 carbon atoms, particularly --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, wherein n is 2-12; orR.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are linked together to form an alkylene chain; andR.sub.4 is selected from ##STR2## (substituted or unsubstituted carbamimidoyl), ##STR3## (dimethylpyrimidyl), or ##STR4## (carbamyl) wherein each of R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7 is hydrogen or the same or different C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl group. The compounds are useful as bactericides for a wide variety of bacteria, including S.pyogenes, B.subtilis, K.pneumoniae, M.avium, B.fragilis, C.perfringens and C.albicans.

Abstract: For the preparation of an aqueous solution of unsaturated quaternary ammonium salts of the formula (I):H.sub.2 C.dbd.C--(R.sub.3)C(O)--A--R.sub.4 --N.sup..sym. (R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R).X.sup..crclbar.,e.g., methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloridethe steps of:(a) reacting a (meth)acrylic monomer, e.g., dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate in a closed reactor, in the presence of a polymerization inhibitor, e.g., 3,5-ditert-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene, with 5 to 20% of the weight quantity of quaternizing agent, e.g., methylchloride, required for the reaction, wherein the latter agent is introduced into the reactor continuously,(b) adding water and the remainder of the quaternizing agent continuously until the required concentration of quaternary ammonium salt in water is obtained,(c) maintaining the temperature at a value of between 30.degree. and 60.degree. C.

Abstract: Oxime sulfonates of formula I ##STR1## wherein Y is a polymerizable unsaturated group or epoxide group or an --OH, --NHR.sup.5, --COOH, COOR.sup.6, --COCl, --CH.sub.2 Hal, --SO.sub.2 Cl or --NCO group, Z is an (x+y)-valent connecting member, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are monovalent organic radicals, m is 0 or 1, x is 1 or 2 and y is 1 or 2, can be converted into polymers which can be thermally or photochemically dissociated to form free sulfonic acid groups. Said polymers can therefore be used as photoresists which can be developed with aqueous alkalis.

Abstract: Certain substituted amides of saturated fatty acids are potent inhibitors of the enzyme acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase and are thus useful agents for inhibiting the intestinal absorption of cholesterol.